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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

use [juːs]
  1. 1. noun [u/s] (using) 使用
    the use of artificial drugs
    人造药品的使用
  2. 2. noun [c/u] (purpose) 用途
    Metal detectors have many uses.
    金属探测器有很多用途。
  3. 3. noun [c] [of word] 用法
    Old uses of some words are dying out.
    一些词的旧用法正逐渐消失。
  4. 4. vt. [+object, tool] 使用
  5. 5. vt. [+word, phrase] 应用
  6. 6. vt. [pej] [+person] 利用
  7. 7. vt. [+supply] (also: use up) 用完
    You've used all the ice cubes.
    你用掉了所有的冰块。
    to be in use
    正被使用
    to go out of use
    不再被使用
    to be of use (to sb)
    (对某人)有用
    to make use of sth
    利用某物
    it's no use
    没用的
    it's no use arguing/crying {etc}
    吵/哭{等}是没用的
    what's the use!
    有什么用呢！
    to be no use (to sb)
    (对某人)毫无用处
    to have a use for sth
    用得着某物
    to have the use of sth
    使用某物
    she used to do it
    她过去是这么做的
    I didn't use to {or} I used not to worry so much
    我过去不这么焦虑
    to be used to sth/to doing sth
    习惯于某事/做某事
    to get used to sth/to doing sth
    开始习惯于某事/做某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

use [juz] [juːz] [jus] [juːs]
  1. 1. vt. 用；使用；应用
    My grandma is learning to use a computer.
    我奶奶正在学习使用电脑。
  2. 2. vt. 行使；运用；发挥；使出
    to use one's judgment
    作出自己的判断
  3. 3. vt. 对待
    to use a friend badly
    亏待朋友
  4. 4. vt. 消耗；耗费；耗尽（常与up连用）
    to use up one's energy
    筋疲力尽
    She used up my perfume without my knowledge.
    她背着我，用光了我的香水儿。
  5. 5. vt. 吸（烟）；嚼（烟叶）
  6. 6. vt. 经常服用
    to use drugs
    吸毒
  7. 7. vt. 使习惯；使熟悉[用于被动，与to连用]
    to become used to certain ways
    习惯于某些方法
  8. 8. vt. 把（某人）当工具使用；自私地利用（某人）
    She doesn't love you, she is just using you.
    她不爱你，只是在利用你。
  9. 9. vi. 惯常（现仅用于过去式）
    He used to live in Iowa.
    他过去常住在依阿华州。
  10. 10. vi. [dialect] [archaic] 常去；常到；常常出入于
  11. 11. vi. [slang] 使用；经常服用毒品（毒品相关用语）
  12. 12. noun 用；使用；应用；利用
    The use of information technology could lead to major progress for developing nations.
    信息技术的使用可以给发展中国家带来巨大的进步。
  13. 13. noun 使用的能力
    to regain the use of an injured hand
    受伤的手恢复功能
  14. 14. noun 使用权；使用的自由
    to grant a neighbor the use of one's car
    允许邻居使用自己的汽车
  15. 15. noun 使用的需要；使用的机会
    no further use for his services
    不再需要他的帮助
  16. 16. noun 用法；使用法
  17. 17. noun 效用；益处；用途；用处；价值
  18. 18. noun 功能；机能；任务
  19. 19. noun 习俗；习惯；惯例
  20. 20. noun [Christianism] 教会（管区）特有的礼拜仪式
    the Lutheran use
    路德会(一译“信义会”)的礼拜仪式；路德宗的礼拜仪式
  21. 21. noun [legal] （土地等的）占用；使用
  22. 22. noun [legal] 受益

Collins English-English Dictionary

use
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to put into service or action; employ for a given purpose
    to use a spoon to stir with
  2. 2. vt. to make a practice or habit of employing; exercise
    he uses his brain
  3. 3. vt. to behave towards
    to use a friend well
  4. 4. vt. to behave towards in a particular way for one's own ends
    he uses people
  5. 5. vt. to consume, expend, or exhaust
    the engine uses very little oil
  6. 6. vt. [chiefly US and Canadian] to partake of (alcoholic drink, drugs, etc) or smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc)
  7. 7. n the act of using or the state of being used
    the carpet wore out through constant use
  8. 8. n the ability, right, or permission to use
  9. 9. n the occasion to use; need
    I have no use for this paper
  10. 10. n an instance or manner of using
  11. 11. n usefulness; advantage
    it is of no use to complain
  12. 12. n custom; practice; habit
    long use has inured him to it
  13. 13. n the purpose for which something is used; end
  14. 14. n [Christianity] a distinctive form of liturgical or ritual observance, esp one that is traditional in a Church or group of Churches
  15. 15. n the enjoyment of property, land, etc, by occupation or by deriving revenue or other benefit from it
  16. 16. n [law] the beneficial enjoyment of property the legal title to which is held by another person as trustee
  17. 17. n an archaic word for trust
  18. 18. n [law] [philosophy] [logic] [linguistics] the occurrence of an expression in such a context that it performs its own linguistic function rather than being itself referred to. In ``Fido'' refers to Fido, the name Fido is `used' only on the second occurrence, first being mentioned - Compare mention - See also material mode
  19. 19. n See also used to use up
  20. 20. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French user to use, from Latin usus having used, from uti to use
See more results for use in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

What is the best thing to use to dry off the tub after use?
用完浴盆后，用什么东西擦干最好？
to use one's bare hands
赤手空拳 → bare
This word has come into use.
这个词已开始被使用。 → come
decriminalize the use of marijuana
减轻对使用大麻的处罚 → decriminalize
use either hand
(两手中)用任一只手 → either
a medicine for external use only
只供外用的药 → external
In "screaming headlines", the word "screaming" is a figurative use.
在“screaming headlines”(“触目惊心的大标题”)中，“screaming”(“触目惊心的”)一词是比喻用法。 → figurative
to use blankets for coats
用毯子代替外衣 → for
to use force in opening a door
用力开门 → force
to use one's head
动脑筋 → head
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